Language
name and locationː Kilivila,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tala |
21. luwayu tala |
2. yu |
22. luwayu yu |
3. tolu |
23. luwayu tolu |
4. vasi |
24. luwayu vasi |
5. lima (lit: 'hand') |
25. luwayu lima |
6. lima tala ( 5+1 ) |
26. luwayu lima tala |
7. lima yu ( 5+2 ) |
27. luwayu lima yu |
8. lima tolu ( 5+3 ) |
28. luwayu lima tolu |
9. lima vasi ( 5+4 ) |
29. luwayu lima vasi |
10. luwatala |
30. luwatolu |
11. luwatala tala |
40. luwavasi |
12. luwatala yu |
50. luwalima |
13. luwatala tolu |
60. luwalima luwatala ( 50 + 10 ) |
14. luwatala lima |
70. luwalima luwayu ( 50 + 20 ) |
15. luwatala lima |
80. luwalima luwatolu ( 50 + 30 ) |
16. luwatala lima tala |
90. luwalima luwavasi ( 50 + 40 ) |
17. luwatala lima yu |
100. lakatutala |
18. luwatala lima tolu |
200. lakatuyu |
19. luwatala lima vasi |
1000. lakatuluwatala ( 100 x 10 ) |
20. luwayu |
2000. lakatuluwayu ( 100 x 20 ) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Gunter Senft, Max-Planck Institute
fur Psycholinguistik, Netherlands,
September 23 |
Other comments: Kilivila
or Kiriwina
has a quinary system with special structures for |
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